Sentences with phrase «even bigger name stars»

Not exact matches

Brits love keeping tabs on Posh and Becks and — even when they must guess the names — reading about other soccer stars, the only big - name athletes they have.

Clearly, no actor would say no to a phone call from Steven Spielberg asking if they'd like to participate in an Abraham Lincoln movie, so even the smallest part is filled by either a big name movie star or a noticeable character actor, among them Lukas Haas, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones (serving as the de facto emotional center for the movie), David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Gregory Itzin, Jared Harris, Michael Stuhlbarg and Walton Goggins.

For fans of big - name cinema, look no further than the Australian premiere of Sophia Coppola's Venice Golden Lion - winning Somewhere (a coup so recent that it is not even listed in the official printed program), or the George Clooney - starring, Anton Corbijn - directed The American.

The film stars Oscar - winner Mark Rylance (Spielberg's Bridge of Spies) as The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) who attempts to save a little girl named Sophie from even bigger giants who wish to eat her.

After all, he had just produced a one - two hit of moody, studio - funded chamber dramas featuring big - name leads (Nicole Kidman, Ben Stiller) who seemed intent on stripping away their movie - star vanity to revel in warts - and - all portrayals of unglamorous, perhaps even mean - spirited, broken characters.

But I hit a few in a row that were three stars and it just didn't feel right, even though they were big name authors and not someone I knew.

In the evenings, enjoy a 3 - course dinner followed by live entertainment with star turns from big names such as Des O'Connor and Joe Longthorne.

While they provide incredible exposure for artists and art organizations, they have also garnered a reputation for shamelessly (and expensively) courting international recognition and tourism, star curators and big - name artists, even seeking to reinvent the cities in which they are held.

It's full of big - name stars — even Richard Gere pops up — and I'm a bit confused about why they all agreed to appear in it.